WASHINGTON (CN) — A church accused of discriminating against a bisexual lawyer lost its bid for a Supreme Court hearing but still caught the attention of two conservative justices Monday. “To force religious organizations to hire messengers and other personnel who do not share their religious views would undermine not…
Supreme Court conservatives say religious groups should be free to hire only like-minded believers
Two of the Supreme Court’s conservatives said Monday that religious organizations should be fully exempt from nondiscrimination laws and free to hire only people who share their beliefs. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito made their views known as the court declined to take up a dispute over a Seattle…
Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials violated rights
FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Kim Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County in Kentucky, works with the county election board on Election Day, in Morehead, Ky. A federal judge has ruled, Friday, March 18, 2022, that the former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of…
Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials by former Kentucky clerk violated constitutional rights
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples who were among those to whom she wouldn’t issue marriage licenses — a refusal that sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015. U.S. District Judge…
Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials violated rights
A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples who were among those to whom she wouldn’t issue marriage licenses — a refusal that sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015. U.S. District Judge David Bunning in…
Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials violated rights
FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Kim Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County in Kentucky, works with the county election board on Election Day, in Morehead, Ky. A federal judge has ruled, Friday, March 18, 2022, that the former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of…
Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials violated rights
FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Kim Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County in Kentucky, works with the county election board on Election Day, in Morehead, Ky. A federal judge has ruled, Friday, March 18, 2022, that the former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of…
Judge finds Kim Davis violated the rights of same-sex couples
ASHLAND, Ky. (CN) — Former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis violated the rights of two same-sex couples when she denied them marriage licenses according to a federal judge’s ruling on Friday. U.S. District Judge David Bunning issued his ruling for a pair of cases against Davis on Friday, finding that she…
Santa Clara County will face First Amendment claims around mask mandates for churches
(CN) — A federal judge ruled Friday that the state of California did not violate the rights of a church congregation when it instituted new mask rules this past fall, but said Santa Clara County will have to face claims that it interfered with the free exercise of religion by…
Federal judge sides with two same-sex couples, rules Kim Davis violated their constitutional rights
FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 file photo, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, talks with David Moore following her office’s refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky. Although her appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied, Davis still refuses to…
Organization calls for removal of Elizabethton crosses
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Wisconsin-based organization wants the City of Elizabethton to take down the three iconic crosses on Lynn Mountain that overlook the city. The crosses have been there for decades. The Freedom From Religion Foundation says it wants the crosses removed because they are located on city…
Discrimination, Religion, and Tai Ji Men
The right to non-discrimination and freedom of religion or belief may conflict. International case law has dictated some rules to harmonize them. by PierLuigi Zoccatelli* *A paper presented at the webinar “ Tai Ji Men: 25 Years of Discrimination ,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on March…
Justices Decline to Revisit Who Is a Minister Under Job Bias Law
A gavel is displayed. Massachusetts religious college to face teacher’s suit State’s top court found job didn’t make her a ‘minister’ A Massachusetts religious college failed to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to review a state court ruling that a former teacher can sue for alleged job bias because she…
Do Pastors Pay Income Tax In Australia?
A clergyman in Australia is required to pay superannuation withholdation for PAYG dues as soon as he or she reaches retirement age, beginning in July 2000. Those who work as religious practitioners who take PAYG, FBT, ABN and GST as their primary occupation are also considered employees. Payments for stipends…
Supreme Court Will Hear New Case on Business Owners’ Rights to Refuse Service to LGBTQ People
(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from offering wedding website designs to gay couples. The high court said Tuesday it would…
U.S. Supreme Court takes up clash between religion and LGBT rights
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday took up a major new legal fight pitting religious beliefs against LGBT rights, agreeing to hear an evangelical Christian web designer’s free speech claim that she cannot be forced under a Colorado anti-discrimination law to produce websites for same-sex…
Taking Away Foster Parenting License Based on Religious Views About Homosexuality May Violate First Amendment
From Lasche v. N.J. , decided yesterday by the Third Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Peter Phipps, joined by Judges Thomas Hardiman and Robert Cowen: Two foster parents with religious views against same-sex marriage and homosexual conduct had their foster child removed and their foster license suspended. The foster…
How Much Is Religious Tax Exemption Worth In Australia?
Yes. Australian law treats religious entities as tax exempt. In addition to large and small denominations such as the Anglicans, Catholics and Seventh Day Angels, the Exclusive Bretherens are also included in this group. In the Charities Act 2013, this is expressly stated. Table of contents How Much Tax Does…
Justices Decline to Revisit Who Is a Minister Under Job Bias Law
A gavel is displayed. Massachusetts religious college to face teacher’s suit State’s top court found job didn’t make her a ‘minister’ A Massachusetts religious college failed to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to review a state court ruling that a former teacher can sue for alleged job bias because she…
Discrimination or free speech? Supreme Court decides to weigh in
" Eliminating … ideas is CADA’s very purpose ." Those words from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals about Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act may be some of the most honest but chilling words ever uttered in a federal opinion. The court ruled that a state could not only compel an artist…
High court takes case involving refusal to serve gay couples
Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who says…
Designer’s case returns court to divisive ground
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear an appeal from a Colorado web designer who objects to providing services for same-sex marriages, returning the justices to a battleground in the culture wars pitting claims of religious freedom against laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The…
Supreme Court takes case of refusal to serve gay couples
Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from offering…
Supreme Court Will Weigh In on Web Developer Who Refused Services to Same-Sex Couple
Photo: Saul Loeb (Getty Images) A Colorado web developer refusing to offer website services to a same-sex couple has found herself at the center of a national debate over the legal limits of free speech and anti-discrimination laws. The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would take up the web…
High court takes case involving refusal to serve gay couples
Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Washington — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who says her…